Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024, according to new research from Greenpeace East Asia. In East Asia, the global hub for AI semiconductor production, growing electricity demand from AI chipmaking has been met primarily …
Solar energy users in California emerged victorious when the state Public Utilities Commission (puc) exempted them from paying an exit fee for leaving the state grid and generating their own power. The puc agreed to exempt many types of small renewable methods of self-generation of power by customers of utility …
From January 1, 2004, European nations are likely to impose taxes for coal, natural gas and electricity. EU finance ministers recently reached a political agreement on a proposed directive to put in place a common framework to tax energy products. Currently, only oil comes under this category and the levy …
A controversy over the design of the Baglihar hydroelectric project on Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir is threatening to plunge the already strained ties between India and Pakistan into crisis. The row has put the 43-year-old bilateral Indus Water Treaty (iwt) to its severest test to date. After the …
The installed wind power capacity rose 28 per cent globally in 2002, according to the American Wind Energy Association (awea) and European Wind Energy Association (ewea). Wind energy plants produced a record 6,868 mega watts (mw) of power worldwide during the year, increasing the total output to more than 31,000 …
The UK aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by about 60 per cent by the year 2050 as a part of its efforts to curb global warming, according to a government energy white paper. But critics feel that the document fails to spell out the government's stand on producing …
The Union government is keenly wooing private investment for its mega river linking project. In a recent meeting, chairperson of the project task force Suresh Prabhu tried to convince the business audience that the cost of rehabilitation would be inbuilt as in China's Three Gorges dam project. Prabhu also did …
human bodies could energise their electronic implants in the very near future. Chemists from Austin-based University of Texas have developed a miniature battery that could run on body fluids. The battery converts energy produced during metabolism into electricity. It could be inserted very easily next to glucose-containing body fluids found, …
Energy conservation seems to be the new buzzword for the Ontario government. The small Canadian province is set to offer tax credits to firms investing in energy-saving equipment and consumers buying solar panels. Ontario energy minister John Baird said new investments in energy-saving equipment would be eligible for a 100 …
The world's most northerly town will soon be the first to get electricity from an underwater power station run on tidal currents. Starting from December 2002, the current will start turning the blades of a windmill-like turbine standing on the seabed near Kvalsund at the Arctic tip of Norway. "We …
The Spanish government's proposal to end subsidies for renewable fuels has made the country's Association of Renewable Energy Producers (arep) see red. The government feels that the sop should be done away with as certain forms of renewable energy are mature enough to compete in the open market. But arep …
will India let coal come clean? The question has been begging for an answer for almost a decade, even though India was one of the first developing countries in the world to try its hands on clean coal technologies. World over, the growing environmental concerns and the need to improve …
In a first-of-its-kind venture, a one-megawatt (mw) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant is being established off the Tuticorin coast in Tamil Nadu. The project, being undertaken by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), seeks to convert thermal energy from the ocean into electricity. To produce this energy, the …
Excessive farm power subsidies have sent fiscal deficits soaring in most states of India, says a new World Bank study. A glaring example of this largesse leaving states impoverished is Madhya Pradesh (mp). The state doled out a whopping Rs 3,250 crore as power subsidy in 2000-2001. As against this, …
By being home to the world's first solar tower, Australia is scaling new heights in its quest for tapping renewable energy resources. The one-kilometre-high structure would generate electricity to cater to a population of more than 0.2 million people. It will heat air at its base through the use of …
insert a card and get electricity. This is the new mantra of the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (wbreda). Known for its innovative methods of promoting renewable energy, the agency has come up with yet another unique way to provide power to the Maushuni islands in the Sunderbans. The …
Even as electric bicycles are riding high on a popularity wave in Beijing, traffic officials have decided to phase them out by 2005. The user-friendly features of these vehicles
